Richard's blog

Category: Swiss walks

  • Incline Walking for People in a Flat Country

    Incline Walking for People in a Flat Country

    —

    by

    richard
    in ,

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I followed a link where a writer wrote "My every-other-day workout is walking three miles, fast, on a high incline on the treadmill—often times with hand weights too." and I find it amusing. It’s amusing because in Switzerland, and especially in the old town of Geneva, Nyon, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Fribourg and…

  • Instagram and Net Neutrality

    Instagram and Net Neutrality

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen videos are older, or are not viewed often their quality will be downgraded until they are either viewed regularly or never at all. This decision showstype: posts that Instagram is forgetting that it should promote net neutrality rather than a two tier system where influencers get the red carpet, and normal…

  • Running to Prangins and Back to Nyon

    Running to Prangins and Back to Nyon

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday the Epix Gen 2 said that I should go on a 51 minute run so I did. I ran from Eysing to Prangins via the top of Nyon before running by the castle, down to the lake, and back along the lake road to Nyon. In the process I felt…

  • Post tomorrow

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: < 1 minutepost tomorrow

  • Self Driving Cars and Mobility

    Self Driving Cars and Mobility

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I filled in a survey with the premise "Impact of automated vehicles on walking" and it gave me an opportunity to share my views on this topic. The short version is that I’d rather see more bike sharing opportunities, and more safe routes for pedestrians between villages and towns, than self…

  • Running from Eysins to Prangins Via Nyon

    Running from Eysins to Prangins Via Nyon

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday my watch said that I should run for 36 minutes or so so I obeyed. As a result of running for 36 minutes I got to Prangins and made it part of the way back before stopping and walking. In the process I ran for 5.8 kilometres rather than 5 and…

  • Epix Gen 2 First Impressions

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw that a Garmin Epix (Gen 2) watch was lying unused for a few days in a row so I asked if I could borrow it to experiment with and the answer was yes so that’s the Garmin watch I am wearing now. The watch that I usually wear is a…

  • The Unplanned Full Day

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday i broke my routine so will write a proper blog post tomorrow if I don’t find inspiration today.

  • Audiobookshelf Two Hundred and Fourteen Days Later

    Audiobookshelf Two Hundred and Fourteen Days Later

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo or three days ago I noticed that I have spent at least sixteen thousand three hundred and fifty seven minutes listening to 320 items over 214 days via Audiobookshelf and I can honestly say that of my self hosted experiments this is my favourite. What I Like What I like about…

  • More WordPress Thoughts

    —

    by

    richard
    in

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a few days I ran ClassicPress rather than WordPress and it ran fine. I noticed that sliding between WordPress and ClassicPress is not as simple as it used to be. Now we need to find the build URL and I couldn’t find documentation about what the Build URL is. Having said…